[ad_1] “Once the rocket launched, [I saw] how it illuminated such a dark space. So even when you’re in a dark space, you can let your light shine. And it won’t just shine for you and those that are immediately around you, but even people that you don’t know will …
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2023 in Review: Artemis II Crew Visits Kennedy
[ad_1] Artemis II crew members, shown inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, stand in front of their Orion crew module on Aug. 8, 2023. From left are: Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist; Victor Glover, pilot; Reid Wiseman, commander; and Christina Hammock Koch, …
Read More »Webb Sheds Light on an Exploded Star
[ad_1] NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s new view of Cassiopeia A (Cas A) in near-infrared light is giving astronomers hints at the dynamical processes occurring within the supernova remnant. Tiny clumps represented in bright pink and orange make up the supernova’s inner shell, and are comprised of sulfur, oxygen, argon, …
Read More »Astronaut Kathryn Thornton Works on Hubble Space Telescope
[ad_1] Astronaut Kathryn C. Thornton works with equipment associated with servicing chores on the Hubble Space Telescope during the fourth spacewalk on the 11-day mission. Image Credit: NASA Read More https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/sts061-098-0korig/Copy URL to clipboard> DownloadShare [ad_2] Source link
Read More »Cluster in the Cloud – NASA
[ad_1] This striking image shows the densely packed globular cluster known as NGC 2210, which is situated in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The LMC lies about 157 000 light-years from Earth, and is a so-called satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, meaning that the two galaxies are gravitationally bound. …
Read More »Artemis II Crew’s SLS Visit
[ad_1] Artemis II NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman (left) and Christina Koch (middle) of NASA and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen (second from left) view the core stage for the Space Launch System rocket at the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Nov. 16. The three astronauts, …
Read More »25 Years Ago: The First Pieces of the International Space Station
[ad_1] The mated Russian-built Zarya (left) and U.S.-built Unity modules are backdropped against the blackness of space and Earth’s horizon shortly after leaving Endeavour’s cargo bay. The photo was taken with an electronic still camera at 21:20:21 GMT, Dec. 13. Image Credit: NASA Read More https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/s88e5157orig/Copy URL to clipboard> DownloadShare …
Read More »Saturn and Jupiter Conjunction – NASA
[ad_1] The Moon, left, Saturn, upper right, and Jupiter, lower right, are seen after sunset from Washington, DC, Thurs. Dec. 17, 2020. The two planets drew closer to each other in the sky as they headed towards a “great conjunction” on Dec. 21, where the two giant planets appeared a …
Read More »Pioneer 10 Crosses the Asteroid Belt (Illustration)
[ad_1] If spacecraft are to visit the outer solar system, they must cross the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The Pioneer mission was faced with the question of just how dangerous this asteroid belt would be to a spacecraft passing through it. Image Credit: NASA Read More https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/arc-1974-ac73-9344orig/Copy URL …
Read More »NASA Research Pilot David Zahn
[ad_1] “Everyone needs an anchor from their community to motivate and inspire them to move forward. I want to be a motivational anchor for the next generation of minorities.” – David Zahn, NASA Research Pilot, Ames Research Center Image Credit: NASA / Dominic Hart Read More https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/assured-vehicle-automation-ava-hazard-perception-and-avoidan/Copy URL to clipboard> …
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